Asif was born in Pakistan, educated at the University College of Islamabad, and got his A levels from the University of Cambridge. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Colorado in the United States in business administration and information systems, and was recognised as Outstanding Information Systems Undergraduate of the year. He is fluent in Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi.
It was at the University of Colorado that Asif was "hand picked" by the university's IT Committee to take on the role of Webmaster for the College of Business. For almost two years Asif worked alongside a team undertaking to research, design, build and launch a new web site for the university. This project followed strict best practice software lifecycle management principles, and included interviews with key stakeholders, requirements specification, designing and developing interfaces and tools to engage prospective students, and front end design of the web site.
Asif has practiced in several countries over the past few years, and acquired a variety of experience in various technology fields. Based in Dubai, Asif took on the role of Managing Partner for Ingenium Partners FZE, an IT services consulting firm of 4 partners, focusing on customizing and building financial software solutions. A significant part of Asif's role was to oversee the high level development of the software; early success doubled the size of the technology team in the first year.
Now residing in London, Asif is working on bringing to market a number of new Microsoft and Open Source Technology products under the VAFTA Solutions brand. These complement the innovative products he already has developed and sold. Three of these are notable. The first is Plum CMS, a multi function, platform independent website content management system that delivers search engine friendly, CSS and XHTML compliant websites, powered with marketing tools like blogs, RSS feeds and e-commerce functionality. The second is Website Intelligence Reporting Technology, which he pioneered from concept.
The third product is Vesica, an art management software intended to be delivered as a service, and targeted to private and institutional galleries, collectors, artists and auction houses.
Asif can also claim competency in SEO, programming, development in ASP, PHP, MS SQL and MySQL; high level database design; data flow diagram design for technical software specifications; installation, interface enhancement and engaging interactive tool design, development and deployment to increase conversion rates for online business; and website design and development in XHTML, CSS, AJAX, XML and .NET. Additionally, he has customer references for creating websites in Arabic and English.
While Asif has an outcome oriented, "hands on" reputation, he also has an enviable track record of managing at a senior level, and delivering complex and challenging projects on time and on budget.
 Jack Verkruysse, Managing
Director.With a senior management background in Financial Services, Jack brings a wealth of successful management experience to Museum Technologies and its customers. » Read more |
 Alice Gur-Arie, Director
of Strategy & Marketing.Alice's strategic expertise and track record in building global brands is second to none. Her wise eye makes sure that clients never digress from the right path. » Read more |
Asif Nawaz, Director of Technology. Asif has worked and played in the world of technology since the initial rise of the web as a mass market phenomenon, and has overall responsibility for the technology deliverable of Museum Technologies. » Read more |
